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Single-byte XOR Countdown Encoder

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Disclosed
N/A
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This encoder uses the length of the payload as a position-dependent
encoder key to produce a small decoder stub.

Author

vlad902 [email protected]

Platform

All

Architectures

x86

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


    msf > use encoder/x86/countdown
    msf encoder(countdown) > show actions
        ...actions...
    msf encoder(countdown) > set ACTION < action-name >
    msf encoder(countdown) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf encoder(countdown) > run
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